What is the Boundary Waters? Sulfide-ore copper mining ... generates waste rock full of sulfates, which, when exposed to air and water, becomes sulphuric acid, and leaches toxins like heavy metals into the surrounding water. This should not be allowed.

www.savetheboundarywaters.org/what-boundar...

Nearly all weather, climate, & natural hazard research involves NCAR in some way-either directly (as is the case with countless affiliated scientists at universities or elsewhere) or indirectly (through use of NCAR's irreplaceable community datasets, predictive models, or its computing facilities).

I'm not sure most folks are aware of the immense magnitude of loss this would entail for the global weather and climate community, and beyond. NCAR has played a greater cumulative role in advancing weather prediction and atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world.

I had this Richard Bach quote on my wall for years:

“True family is not born of blood but from respect and joy in each other’s life. Rarely do members of a true family live in the same house”